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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO O. KRAUSE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TI-IREE-FOURTHS TO MAX EISEMAN, NATHAN EISEMAN, AND JOSEPH IV. KAISER, OF SAME PLACE.

HOSE-SU-PPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,503, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed May 27, 1898. Serial No. 681,877. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:-

Be it known that I, HUGO O. KRAUSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IrIose-Supporters, of which the following, when taken in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof and the reference-marks thereon, is a full andcomplete description sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to understand, make, and use the same.

The objects of my invention are to obtain a hose-supporter which may be (and preferably is) used with the ordinary button heretofore used in hose-supporters of a certain class, or which may be used independently of such button or any device forming a substitute therefor, which will not be liable to tear or destroy the fabric of the hose supported thereby, to obtain a hose-supporter which will be effective inoperation, not liable to .be pulled off or separated from the hose supported thereby, and to'obtain a hose-supporter of the kind named which will be neat and attractive in appearance and durable and of small initial cost in its manufacture.

The manner in whichl obtain the results sought by me is shown embodied in the drawings referred to, wherein a reference-letter applied to indicate a given part is used to designate such part throughout the several figures of the drawings, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose-supporter embodying the invention attached to a woven fabric, as a piece of braid; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a front elevation of a rubbered covered Wire bent up to' form an element in the hose-supporter; Fig. 4, a blank bent up as hereinafter described, forming when bent an element of the hosesupporter; Fig. 5, a perspective of the blank illustrated in Fig. 4, partially formed or bent up; and Fig. 6, a front elevation of the hosesuppo'rter not attached to a woven fabric, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, such figure showing the blank illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 fully bent or formed up and in proper position relative to the bent-up rubber-covered wire illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a modification in the bend of the rubber-covered wire whereby the button illustrated in Figs. land 2 or any substitute therefor is not required to be used. v

It is to be understood, further, that the constructions illustrated in Figs. lto 6, both inclusive, are the constructions which I prefer.

A isan ordinary rubber tube the inner diameter whereof corresponds,or nearly so,with the outer diameter B.

B is a metal wire, preferably of steel.

To obtain the rubber-covered and formedup wire particularly illustrated'in Fig. 3, the wire is out the proper length and inserted in a rubber tube of substantially the same length. traled, in substantially the same manner as if such wire were not inserted in a tube. The wire-B may be covered with rubber cement, as by a brush or by immersing it in a mass of rubber cement, before inserting it in the tube The wire is then bent up, as illus-' A, and preferably such wire is so covered to cause the wire to adhere to the tube, and thereby prevent longitudinal movement of the rubber on the wire; but such cement is not absolutely necessary, as by means of the formed-up blank D about to be described the ends of the tube are secured-to the ends of the wire A.

D is sheet metal blanked out in substantially the form illustrated in Fig. l-that is, having the ears d d thereon and bent up to surround and form a clamp on rubber-covered wire B, with the ears (I d bent, as illus trated in Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 7, to substantially conform to the rubber-covered wire.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings the blank D, of ductile sheet metal, is shown formed up with ears d cl not bent, but extending outward therefrom. The clamp obtained by the forming up of the blank D, after being placed over the adjacent ends of the rubber-covered wire, is forced down upon such wire, with the ends of the rubber tube A interposed between the wire and the clamp, and the ears d d are'bent, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 7, to conform to the rubber-covered wire.

The ears d d may be omitted, in which case the rubber-covered wire may be by a tooheavy strain on thedevice sprung out of the clamp obtained from the blank D but when such ears are used as illustrated and described liability of such rubber-covered wire being sprung out of such clamp is almost entirely obviated. I therefore prefer to use such ears.

When constructed as described, and illustrated in Fig. 6, the hose-supporter is stitched into a woven fabric H, having button E secured in place thereon, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the modification illustrated in Fig, 7 the construction of the several parts is the same as in the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive; but in such modification the opening F, through which the button E extends, is narrowed, as at G, and to use this modified construction, after securing the same in place on a woven or other fabric, it is simply necessary to draw a portion of the hose or other garment supported thereby through the opening in the hose-supporter and then force or draw such hose into part G of the opening.

To use the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, it is simply necessary to place the button E back of the hose or other garment tov be supported thereby in the ordinary way of so placing such button in using hose-supporters of this class, and then insert such button and the hose thereover through the opening in the hose-supporter, and then force the button, with the part of the hose thereover, downward into part F of such opening.

In practice I find that a hose supported in the manner described in a hose-supporter constructed'as described, such supporter presenting no sharp or wired edges and the parts thereof in contact with the hose being covered with rubber, will have but little strain put thereon and but little stretch will be given to the hose. Such hose is not therefore either cut or torn by this hose-supporter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hose-supporter, the combination of a Wire, a rubber tube in which the wire is inserted, such wire being bent up to obtain an aperture through which a button and a part of the hose can be forced and held in place, and a metal clamp surrounding adjacent ends of the rubber-covered wire and holding them in place; substantially as described.

2, In a hose-supporter, the combination of a wire, a rubber tube in which the wire is inserted, such Wire being bent up to obtain an aperture through which a button and a part of the hose can be forced and held in place,

and a metal clamp having ears thereon, such clamp surrounding the adjacent ends of the rubber-covered wire and holding them in place and the ears shaped to substantially correspond with the bend of the rubber-covered wire adjacent to the ends thereof; substantially as described.

3. In a hose-supporter, the combination of a wire a rubber tube in which the wire is inserted, such wire being bent up to obtain an aperture through which a part of the hose supported thereby can be inserted and forced downward to hold the hose therein, and a metal clamp surrounding the adjacent ends of the rubber-covered wire and holding them in place; substantially as described.

HUGO O. KRAUSE.

In presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, FLORA L. BROWN. 

